Clint Eastwood

In a career that spanned over half a century, actor-director Clint Eastwood managed to become both a top box office draw and an Oscar-winning director, while managing to shrug off the trappings of Hol...
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The pretty blonde couldn't believe it when her mother Frances Fisher called and told her the news, and admits the honour took a while to sink in.
She says, "My mum called and said, 'They want you to be Miss Golden Globe' and I was like, 'Are you serious?' And then I screamed... It was amazing.
"They just choose you. They go through a list of girls... They told me that I beat out a lot of girls."
As Miss Golden Globe, Eastwood will be tasked with handing trophies to prize winners and then ushering them backstage at the big event in January (13). Her predecessor is Andie MacDowell's daughter Rainey Qualley, who held the title for this year's (12) Globes.
Eastwood admits she's nervous about "falling over" onstage - but whatever happens on the night, she knows she has made her dad proud.
She tells U.S. news show Access Hollywood Live, "He's excited. He's really supportive of me doing this."

The reality TV star will assist presenters and help to hand out trophies at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony on 13 January (13).
Eastwood says, "I have watched the Golden Globes ceremonies since I was a little girl, and it means so much to me to be a part of one of Hollywood's most illustrious events."
Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Dr. Aida Takla-O'Reilly adds, "Francesca comes from a very talented family and we are delighted to have her be our Miss Golden Globe. She is a budding actress and is a great addition as we celebrate the show's 70th anniversary."
The honour is bestowed by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organisation behind the Golden Globes, and the role is traditionally handed to the child of a celebrity.
Francesca follows in the footsteps of her half-sister, Kathryn Eastwood, who was Miss Golden Globe in 2005.
Others to have previously filled the role include Bruce Willis' daughter Rumer, Lorraine Nicholson, whose father is Hollywood superstar Jack Nicholson, and Kevin Costner's daughter Lily.

At just 30 years old, Lil Wayne has already clocked 19 years in the music business, dozens of collaborations (some good, some bad—we're talking to you, Paris Hilton), and an incredible 10 solo LPs.
But he told MTV in a new interview that he plans to quit the game and head into retirement after his album Tha Carter V. "Man, I've been rappin' since I was 8 years old," he said. "I'm 30 now, man. That's a long time, man."
That may still be a few years off, since he has another album coming out on February 19 before he drops Tha Carter (and possibly a few—or 10?—in between?). But the bigger question is: Will the retirement even stick? Celebrities, and rappers in particular, are notorious for threatening to leave the business then making a big U-Turn straight back in.
Just take a look at some recent reformed retirees:
Nicki Minaj: In 2011, Nicki said in a British radio interview, "People aren't even giving the kid props for taking it back to the essence. The kid did like that so she could feed her fans. But really, now the kid is thinking maybe she should leave the game." Of course, another album and a cushy new American Idol gig snapped her right out of that.
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Clint Eastwood: The actor-director claimed in 2008 that Gran Torino was the last film he would star in—but he came out of his self-imposed retirement to star in this year's Trouble with the Curve.
Jay-Z may be the most famous flip-flopping retiree in Hollywood, pulling the plug on his career many times. In 1996, he claimed that Reasonable Doubt would be his first and only album. But the next year he was back with In My Lifetime… Vol. 1. He bid farewell again in 2003, with The Black Album and his "final" concert at Madison Square Garden. And, as expected, he was back three years later with Kingdom Come. "I think I pulled the retirement ripcord too many times," he admitted in 2007. "People looking at me like, 'Please shut up.'"
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Waka Flocka Flame. “I’d rather work at Wal-Mart than rap, and that’s my word on God,” the rapper recently said. He then dropped a new single, "Round of Applause."
Amanda Bynes: The actress had an epic Twitter freakout in 2010, claiming she'd retired from acting at age 24. She then recanted via Twitter: "remember when I said I retired? oops! I never retired! ha! you probably knew that! love yall! :)"
Mase: Diddy's old right-hand man announced in 1999 that he was leaving rap for religion. After spending five years as a minister in Atlanta, Ga, he returned to the biz with a new album Welcome Back.
50 Cent: In an ego-fueled sales feud with Kanye West, the rapper/actor vowed that he'd retire if Kanye’s Graduation outsold his Curtis, which were released the same day. 50 lost but reneged on his promise, later releasing Before I Self-Destruct.
The Game: The rapper vowed that this third album, LAX, would be his last back in 2008. But it didn't last long. “I tried,” he later said. “That s**t ain't last too long, because you gotta keep the lights on.”
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The actor landed a number of iconic roles during the decade, including his famous portrayal of uncompromising cop 'Dirty' Harry Callahan, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and a radio DJ who falls victim to a crazed stalker in Play Misty for Me.
However, the Oscar-winning director admits he secretly considered quitting the movie industry until his career took a different turn.
He tells German magazine TV Movie, "Do I plan to quit my job? In the '70s I thought about it... But then my career took a different direction and everything turned out well."

Tarantino eventually cast Jamie Foxx as Django in the upcoming movie, but he admits Smith was the initial frontrunner for the role - and the two movie buffs met up to discuss the film shortly after Tarantino had written it.
The director tells Playboy magazine, "We spent quite a few hours together over a weekend when he was in New York doing Men in Black 3. We went over the script and talked it out. I had a good time - he's a smart, cool guy."
And the moviemaker insists the film's controversial subject matter - slavery - was not what turned Smith off.
He explains, "He didn't walk away from it because he was scared of the material. It just wasn't 100 per cent right, and we didn't have time to try to make it that way.
"We left with me saying, 'Look, I'm going to see other people.' He said, 'Let me just see how I feel, and if you don't find anybody, let's talk again.' And then I found my guy."
Tarantino also tells the men's magazine that he met with Tyrese Gibson, Terrence Howard, Idris Elba, Chris Tucker and Michael K. Williams, but he cast Foxx because "he was the cowboy".
He adds, "Jamie understood the material... He's from Texas.
"We sat there talking, and I realised, 'Wow, if this were the 1960s and I was casting a Django western TV show...' and they had black guys as stars of those in the 1960s, I could see Jamie on one of those. And that's what I was looking for, a Clint Eastwood."

Clint Eastwood's daughter Alison is fronting a new documentary series about the owners of exotic pets. In Animal Intervention, she and wild creature expert Donald Schultz confront overwhelmed owners who house exotic animals in confined and potentially hazardous environments.

The Argo director will pick up the trophy - the highest accolade presented at the festival - at a ceremony on 26 January (13) in celebration of his accomplishments as a filmmaker and actor.
Roger Durling, SBIFF's executive director, says, "Affleck has come into his own as a multi-dimensional artist with Argo. He embodies what the Modern Master Award is all about, and we're thrilled to honour him this year."
Past recipients include Christopher Nolan, Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Diane Keaton, Sean Penn, Jeff Bridges, Peter Jackson, George Clooney, Will Smith, Cate Blanchett, Clint Eastwood, and James Cameron.

The There Will Be Blood star was presented with the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at the annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) gala in Los Angeles, and he had the audience roaring with laughter as he parodied Eastwood's bizarre appearance at America's Republican National Convention in August (12), when he began taking aim at an invisible President Barack Obama he pretended was seated beside him onstage.
After receiving the prize from his Lincoln director Steven Spielberg, Day-Lewis bowed his head at the empty chair placed on the podium and said, "I have to say, I'm so extremely grateful and glad that taking time out of his busy schedule, the recently re-elected president of this country was able to make it here tonight.
"I know, as an Englishman, it's absolutely none of my business, but I'm so very grateful it was you (who won the election)."
But the Oscar winner made it clear his spoof wasn't a shot at legendary actor/director Eastwood, stating, "This is no satirical comment on him or his politics or anything else, but I have to say that when I saw him talking to a chair to a room full of strangers, I thought, 'I've gotta try that. That's a challenge.'"
Day-Lewis also joked about the phone-hacking scandal which led to the downfall of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid, stating, "I'm looking around at this room of distinguished guests and I feel slightly like the odd man out because I think I'm maybe the only British subject not to have had my phone hacked.
"It's probably some sort of testament to the uneventful life that I lead," he added. "I don't know where Rupert's boys were when I staggered out of the S&amp;M (sadomasochism) bar at five in the morning."
Other winners at the Britannia Awards included James Bond star Daniel Craig (British Artist of the Year), South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone (Charlie Chaplin Award for Excellence in Comedy) and Quentin Tarantino, who picked up the John Schlesinger Award for Excellence in Directing.

In the minutes (and hours, and now almost a day) after the election was called in favor of President Barack Obama, there was much cheering and toasting and celebrating. Those on the left of the political spectrum were eager to celebrate four more years with Obama in the Oval Office. But on the flip side, there was also much hand-wringing and crying and lamenting the future of our great nation. In a race as close as this one, nearly half of Americans voted for the guy who lost — and that leaves a lot of disappointed people. Many took to Twitter and Facebook to share their grievances with the majority of our country's decision, often echoing fears they've held throughout the entire process that Obama will be a hindrance to America's future and that he will not be able to change our country for the better.
But, while it's easy for Obama voters to shake their heads and their fists at these Romney supporters' worries, it was not so long ago that they were making similar claims. Just as conservative pundits and celebrities now express shock and outrage at Obama's election, so did high profile liberals showcase their concern over George W. Bush's re-election in 2004. In fact, the concerns are so similar that we challenge you to tell the difference.
We present to you: Who Said It: Conservatives Vs. Liberals Edition. Just like how the candidates sounded like Real Housewives during the third presidential debate, now the angry conservatives sound just like the angry liberals of yesteryear. We challenge you to separate the Obama-haters from the Bush-haters.
1. "These bastards who run our country are a bunch of conniving, thieving, smug pricks who need to be brought down and removed and replaced with a whole new system that we control."
2. "I despise him [the president]. I despise his administration and everything they stand for... To my mind the election was stolen by [the president] and we have been suffering ever since under this man’s leadership... There has to be a movement now to really oppose what he is proposing because it’s unconstitutional, it’s immoral and basically illegal... It is an embarrassing time to be an American. It really is. It’s humiliating.”
3. “President [X] is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people … [He] has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who’s not doing a good job."
4. "I am more patriotic than this president we have, who I consider a traitor of human and American principles.”
5. "I can't stop crying. America died."
6. "We don't get to relax. We have to keep standing for what we believe in. It will not be easy, but tomorrow is a new day."
7. "Shout a little louder if you want the president impeached."
8. "Let's fight like hell and stop this great and disgusting injustice! The world is laughing at us."
9. "You know he's there illegally."
10. "[Our nation] may be lost forever if we don't change the course our country is taking."
ANSWER KEY
1. Michael Moore in his 2003 book Dude, Where's My Country?
2. Jessica Lange, 2002
3. Clint Eastwood, 2012
4. Sean Penn, 2004
5. Victoria Jackson, 2012
6. Glenn Beck, 2012
7. Bruce Springsteen, 2003
8. Donald Trump, 2012
9. Michael Moore, 2002
10. Chuck Norris, 2012
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First of six films with off-screen companion Sondra Locke, "The Outlaw Josey Wales"

Launched the record label, Malpaso Records; first project was the soundtrack for "The Bridges of Madison County"; also directed and co-starred with Meryl Streep

Delivered breakthrough screen role as the man with no name in the Sergio Leone directed "A Fistful of Dollars"

Appeared on the anthology series "The West Point Story" (CBS 1956-1957; ABC 1957-1958)

Last feature with Sondra Locke, "Sudden Impact"

Helmed "Bird," the biopic of jazz legend Charlie Parker

Portrayed a thief who becomes embroiled in a murder with political overtones in "Absolute Power"

Starred as a retiring baseball scout in drama "Trouble with the Curve"; first acting role in a film he did not direct since 1993's "In the Line of Fire"

Documentary "Clint Eastwood – The Man From Malpaso" aired on Cinemax

Helmed the WWII drama "Flags of Our Fathers," which centered around the six men that raised the American flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima; received one of two Golden Globe nominations for Best Director

Directed the period thriller "Changeling," starring Angelina Jolie; also scored the music; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score

Starred as Rowdy Yates on popular TV Western "Rawhide" (CBS)

Teamed with an orangutan in the comedy "Every Which Way But Loose"

First played the role of detective Harry Callahan in "Dirty Harry" after Frank Sinatra turned down the part

Portrayed a John Huston-like film director in "White Hunter, Black Heart"; also produced and directed

Played an aging Secret Service agent in "In the Line of Fire"

First credit as an executive producer, "Thelonius Monk: Straight, No Chaser"

Film acting debut, "Revenge of the Creature"

Had the Clint Eastwood Scholarship Award named after him by Warner Bros.

Teamed with James Garner, Tommy Lee Jones and Donald Sutherland for the sci-fi adventure "Space Cowboys"; also produced and directed

Directed "Letters from Iwo Jima," the companion piece to the Iwo Jima drama "Flags of Our Fathers," told from the Japanese viewpoint; received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Director and an Oscar nomination for Best Picture

Third outing as Callahan in "The Enforcer"

Produced "The Stars Fell on Henrietta" featuring Frances Fisher and Robert Duvall

Produced, directed, starred in and composed the music for "Million Dollar Baby" starring Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman; nominated for Golden Globes for Best Picture and Best Original Score; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actor

Directed and starred in "True Crime" about a journalist who becomes convinced a man on Death Row is innocent; also produced

Made feature directorial debut with "Play Misty For Me"; also starred

Made singing debut in the film musical "Paint Your Wagon"

Reprised Harry Callahan in "Magnum Force"

Directed Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon in the film adaption of "Mystic River"; received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Director; was nominated by the Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement

Executive-produced "Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me" for TCM, which earned an Emmy nomination in 2010 for Outstanding Nonfiction Special

Re-established his superstar status and won widespread acclaim with "Unforgiven"; film won the Best Picture and Best Director Oscar

Starred in and directed "Blood Work"

Directed the film "Hereafter," which told three parallel stories about three people affected by death in different ways

Starred in title role of "Joe Kidd"

Teamed with Kevin Costner in the taut "A Perfect World"; also directed and composed a song for the soundtrack

Earned critical praise for playing a troubled police detective in "Tightrope"; also produced

Made TV directorial debut with an episode of NBC's "Amazing Stories" entitled "Vanessa in the Garden"; story by Steven Spielberg

Helmed and starred in drama "Gran Torino"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for performing the title song

Moved production company, Malapaso Co. to Warner Bros. on a "handshake deal"

Producing debut, "Firefox"; also starred in and directed

Directed Morgan Freeman as former South African President Mandela in "Invictus," about the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director

Directed William Holden and Kay Lenz in "Breezy"; first directing assignment in which he did not also act

Summary

In a career that spanned over half a century, actor-director Clint Eastwood managed to become both a top box office draw and an Oscar-winning director, while managing to shrug off the trappings of Hollywood. Never one to worry about critical or audience reception, Eastwood amassed a staggeringly impressive body of work both in front of and behind the camera, while at the same time starring in two film series that were both legendary and notorious. After breaking through on television on "Rawhide" (CBS, 1959-1966), he personified the laconic Man With No Name in a trilogy of Spaghetti Westerns made by Italian director, Sergio Leone: "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964), "For a Few Dollars More" (1965) and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966). While continuing to churn out revisionist Westerns throughout the 1970s, Eastwood essayed another taciturn loner bucking the system in "Dirty Harry" (1971). Spawning four sequels throughout the years, Eastwood's loose cannon police detective became both scourge and hero to audiences. Though he made his directing debut with "Play Misty for Me" (1971), Eastwood reached full fruition as a filmmaker with his Oscar-winning Western, "Unforgiven" (1992). As unpredictable as he was indefinable, Eastwood branched out into unchartered territory in the new millennium, helming such moving and deeply rich films as "Mystic River" (2003), "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) and "Letters From Iwo Jima" (2006), all of which earned considerable acclaim, while cementing Eastwood as one of the truly great creative talents in cinematic history.

Met during the filming of "Pink Cadillac" (1989); Co-starred together in "Unforgiven" (1992); They had a daughter, Francesca in 1993; Relationship ended in 1995

Maggie Johnson Eastwood

Wife

Married Dec. 19, 1953, just six months after they met; Eastwood had several extramarital affairs, including one with Roxanne Tunis that produced a daughter in 1964; Couple split in 1978, when his long-term affair with Sondra Locke became public; Divorce was not finalized until May 1984; she was reportedly awarded $25 million in the divorce settlement

First met in 1972 ; Began a romantic relationship during the filming of "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976); Lived together for 14 years; When their relationship ended in 1989, Locke filed a palimony suit against Eastwood, asking for $1.3 million; Locke sued him, claiming that he made her have two abortions and undergo sterilization, charges Eastwood denied; They settled out of court for a large settlement in 1999

Jacelyn Reeves

Companion

Reportedly met at the "Pale Rider" (1985) premiere; Mother of Scott and Kathryn Eastwood; No longer together

Began a secret affair while both were married; they had a daughter, Kimber, born in June 1964; Kimber's existence was not made public until 1989

Education

Name

Los Angeles City College

Oakland Technical High School

Notes

Eastwood had a number of business interests including the Hog's Breath Inn in Carmel, California, a line of sportswear named Tehama Clint, and an alcoholic beverage, Pale Rider Ale.

Eastwood was named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year in 1991.

"Maybe being an introvert gives me, by sheer accident, a certain screen presence, a mystique." – Eastwood on his screen persona quoted in The New York Times, Nov. 21, 1993

In 1994, Eastwood filed suit against The National Enquirer for fabricating an interview between Eastwood and the tabloid. He was awarded $150,000 in damages by a jury in October 1995.

Eastwood was sued by former lover Sondra Locke in 1994 for fraud and contractual interference stemming from what she claimed was a bogus production deal made with Warner Bros. in return for her declining to pursue a palimony case against Eastwood. In 1996, the matter went to trial, but Eastwood settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money.

While speaking at the 92nd Street Y in NYC, Eastwood was reported to have said: "When I was doing 'The Bridges of Madison County', I said to myself 'This romantic stuff is really tough. I can't wait to get back to shooting and killing.'" – from the Daily News, Nov. 15, 1996

"What? My modern, dysfunctional family? [Laughs.] Life is no great plan. Mine is career-driven and fate-driven. I was in a job that took me around the world. I wasn't always the good guy I could have been. But I haven't run away from members of my family, either. I'm a very integral part of their lives. Dina is wonderful with my ex-wife and the others from my past relationships. She's brought them all together. My ex-wife and I are still business investors, and when she needs something, Dina and I are the first ones there. So I'm blessed." – Eastwood on how some might not approve of his personal life to USA Weekend, Jan. 25, 2004

"I just want to do the stories I want to do. If they have an audience, fine. I love the audience. But I'm not going to worry about the audience. If they don't enjoy it, that's their prerogative." – Eastwood to Entertainment Weekly, Oct. 27, 2006

"As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing." – Eastwood to Esquire magazine, January 2009

Eastwood delivered a bizarre speech at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL, where he conducted a mock interview with an empty chair that was meant as a stand-in for President Barack Obama.

"The voice he uses when he's acting is not the voice he uses when he's not. It's because of the Man with No Name. He established that voice when he was doing spaghetti Westerns with Sergio Leone, and he's used it ever since. People use it when they imitate him because it's the only voice they know." – Morgan Freeman on Eastwood, quoted in Esquire, October 2012